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Music Conducted By
Jerry Goldsmith

Orchestrations By
Jerry Goldsmith et al

Recorded By
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Performed By
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Album Produced By
Lukas Kendall

Label
Film Score Monthly
FSMCD Vol. 8, No. 6

Previous Release(s)
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Year Of CD/Film Release
2005/1966

Running Time
79:55 (Goldsmith 11:56)
Availability
Normal Release

Cues & Timings

 

1. Main Title 1:04 (Goldsmith)
2. A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Pow! (Goldsmith) 10:52
3. Upbeat and Underground (Lalo Schifrin) 8:47
4. Dutch and Go (Morton Stevens) 4:38
5. Have Traitor, Will Travel (Stevens) 2:29
6. The Big Brass Contraband (Richard Shores) 3:41
7. Wall to Wall Kaput (Shores) 2:07
8. Eric the Redhead (Gerald Fried) 5:33
9. One for the Mountain (Shores) 3:16
10. Two for the Road (Shores) 4:49
11. Four O'Clock Bomb to London (Shores) 4:29
12. Alternate Main Title (Schifrin) 0:45

Total Time: 52:56

The Ghostbreaker: "Ghosts in Glass Houses"

Music Composed and Conducted by Johnny Williams

13. Main Title 1:01
14. Teaser 3:39
15. Act I: The Spooked Skyscraper Strikes Again 2:08
16. Men of Unitran 1:44
17. Act II: Accent the Supernatural 3:00
18. Greensleeves 1:24
19. Act III: Don't Trip Over Diablo 3:57
20. Organ Piece 2:31
21. Act IV: To Outspook a Spook 6:25
22. End Credits 0:49

Total Time: 26:50

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Jericho
 
Another rare chance to savour some of Jerry Goldsmith's music from his days in episodic television. Jericho was a short lived WWII adventure serial that came from the team that brought us The Man From U.N.C.L.E. And as a consequence Jerry Goldsmith was called upon to contribute a theme and at least one episode score. Clearly if Goldsmith had not established himself as a busy film composer by this time then he would have probably contributed more. As it is we get just under 11 minutes from Goldsmith joined by additional episode scores composed by U.N.C.L.E. regulars Lalo Schifrin, Morton Stevens, Richard Shores and Gerald Fried. The album concludes with a rare pilot score from legendary composer John Williams (The Ghostbreaker).

The informative notes reveal that it was Lalo Schifrin who scored the pilot and presented the first Jericho theme when Jerry Goldsmith was unavailable. But it appears the producers were not too keen on this and managed to secure Goldsmith to write a replacement which became the signature for the entire 16 episode series.

As with his U.N.C.L.E. theme Goldsmith provides a similar idea though it's noted that Goldsmith wrote this in 3/4 rather than U.N.C.L.E.'s 5/4. But essentially creates a similar feel with brass and snares underlining the military aspect of the show. Interestingly the theme and episode score are again without strings, with brass and percussion carrying the weight of the score. Goldsmith's 10 plus minutes of music for A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Pow! is made up of tried and trusted suspense that Goldsmith developed throughout the sixties for both TV and cinema and again shows the attention to detail Goldsmith gave such minor assignments. In between elaborate but short workouts of the Jericho theme for brass and winds the focus is on "sneaking around" with low key percussive devices often punctuated with crisp snares, classic Goldsmith piano and growling brass motifs.

This may be a pretty short Jerry Goldsmith album for Goldsmith fandom but the additional music for the remainder of Jericho, especially Lalo Schifrin's Mission Impossible-like pilot score makes this a worthwhile purchase and of course you also get to savour a rare unreleased John Williams score replete with infectious main theme.

Another fine FSM release with their customary attention to detail, good monaural source and excellent booklet notes from Jon Burlingame and Jeff Eldridge.